temporary files

Hi I've lost some work by opening an attachment from an e-mail, forgetting to save it locally, and then saving the document and closing. I think it's saved the updated file to a Temporary Internet File somewhere, but I can't find it. I've tracked backwards by re-opening the original file from...

I just needed to transfer a powerpoint to a usb but the usb wouldn't open. I tried using a different one and the same thing popped up again: system call failed. I am now unable to open computer, and icons on desktop, and right click. I tried deleting all temporary files but Firefox's was not...

Inam attempting to install windows 7 and ran it off of daemon tools. This error continues to occur, I am down unzipping it with 7zip and going to attempt to install that way, any ideas with what's the problem?

We have started testing Windows 7. We have discovered a quirk in the storage of temporary internet files that may have some security concerns. The official literature of Windows 7 says the storage point for the Content.IE5 folder has been relocated to...

Hi, I just got Windows 7 Home Premium OEM on a brand new computer (Fresh install). Install went without a hitch. However, I started noticing that whenever I startup the computer, the "Performance Options" Window pops up on startup. I believe it has something to do with the virtual memory. I...

I downloaded Windows 7 Professional 64-bit online and ran the executable (I am running inside of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RC version) . It created the expandedSetup folder and opened the install window. The only options I have are 'Install' and 'What to know before installing Windows'. If I...

Good morning, I have been unsucessful in installing Win7 on my Acer 6930 laptop currently running Vista. I did have sucess on my desktop machine that had XP on it, with a few driver download issues. On the Acer I have tried a upgrade install and a clean install. After the DVD boots, I get the...

I used the temporary internet files very often on Windows XP. It was the easiest way for me to grab images, xml's, flv, swf, mp3's and go on and on. Now I have windows 7 (version 7137) and when I look in the TIF folder, there are no jpg's, no flv's, no swf's and so on. I was wondering if those...

I mounted the ISO image on drive X: using deamon tool.After clicking Install Windows 7 the screen shows copying files....and then the error message pops up. "Windows Setup cannot find a location to store temporary files.To install Windows,make sure that a partition on your boot disk has 685...

I am running Windows 7 RC and my Philips BDD1001 Blu-ray drive is not working so I tried installing Dell Support Center and now many many things are wrong with Windows 7. None of my applications or windows applications show up and all of my files in the Libraries section are gone. It still has...

ok, so i got a little problem or rather a worry : i had 352mb of free space and a zip file of 470+mb on the same hdd. as i didnt need some of the files in that zip, i deleted them (around 50mb). i did so directly out of winzip 10, which actually makes a new file out of the old but without...

Hi there, I'm not sure where to begin with my troubles so I'm going to list all of them in chronological order: 1. I've been having a few BSODs the past two weeks, starting with page_fault_in_nonpaged_area. I left it alone. 2. I had installed a game that didn't work (graphics card on a laptop...

i moved my page file to another disk, and got rid of the one on my c drive, to speed up my sys and get better over all performance. but when i reboot, win 7 gives me a message that it created a temp page file because of a problem with mine, and the overall page file will be bigger than i set it...

When i boot from DVD it just starts like windows 7 and then get stuck with a cool background (and i can move my mouse but nothing else) And when i open the ISO with Daemon Tools or using the DVD in windows XP it says: Setup is copying temporary files and few secs after this error! Windows...

Hi everyone, For quiet some time now, I have been suffering from random and temporary freezes from windows. It's usually when I am browsing the Internet (with Firefox, IE8 or Opera) but it also happens while only my windows explorer is open. When it happens, I can still move my mouse over...

For some reason, anytime I drop a file on the desktop with a .exe extension, I can no longer delete that file from the desktop. Actually...I can delete it, but as soon as I hit F5 or e.g. log off and back on, the file simply reappears. I can only delete a .exe file permanently in Safe Mode. I do...

Hi guys, I downloaded the 32 bit iso image and burnt to dvd. I used new drive to do clean install of windows7. It told me I could not do as this drive wasn't in correct format, but it was NTFS. I sorted that by getting the install to format the drive and all went well. Windows 7 installed and...

Hello everyone, I've been having a problem with Vista lately, when I shut down my PC Vista shuts down correctly showing me the usual procedure, but when my monitor says "No video input" ( meaning Vista has shut down) my Computer is still on. Its quite annoying because I have to shut it down...

I'm trying to install Windows 7 from within XP (dual boot or upgrade). I get about 5 seconds into the install and encounter the following: "Windows Setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. to install Windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least...

The standard location for favicons is in: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files But I notice that only some of them are there. Does anyone know where the others are kept? I like to have my frequently visited sites in what used to be called the Links bar now...